In a recent development, former President Donald Trump's bid to have his criminal hush money conviction thrown out has been countered by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. He argued that the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity does not invalidate Trump's conviction.

Trump had requested Judge Juan Merchan to vacate his conviction, claiming that the trial was marred by tainted evidence and testimony. This plea was made after the Supreme Court established that Trump possessed presumptive immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts during his time in office.

However, prosecutors, in a court filing on Thursday, emphasized that paying hush money to the adult film actress had no connection to any official presidential duties. They stated that it was a personal matter and unrelated to Trump's role as the President.

Back in May, Trump was found guilty of falsifying business records associated with a 2016 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, an adult film actress, to enhance his electoral prospects in the presidential election. Prosecutors argued that the jury had an abundance of evidence that overwhelmingly proved Trump's guilt, leading to his conviction on 34 felony counts.

Trump contended that certain evidence, including former White House aide Hope Hicks' testimony and his tweets regarding his former attorney Michael Cohen, pertained to his official acts while President and should be deemed inadmissible in light of the Supreme Court's opinion.

Prosecutors pushed back on this argument, asserting that Trump's tweets and personal opinions about his private attorney had no relevancy to his official duties as President. They also emphasized that Hicks' testimony solely related to unofficial conduct.

The district attorney's office highlighted that the evidence Trump claimed to be affected by the Supreme Court's ruling comprised only a fraction of the extensive testimony and documentary proof that the jury considered when convicting him of all 34 felony charges.

In response to Trump's request, Judge Merchan rescheduled the sentencing from July 11 to September 18 in order to thoroughly consider the plea to vacate the conviction.

The final decision on whether Trump's conviction will be tossed out or upheld lies in the hands of the judge, who will carefully analyze the arguments put forth by both the defense and the prosecution.